Initializing a Storage Device

Procedure

1. Log in to DeviceManager.
2. Choose Settings > Initial Configuration.
3. On the Basic Information page, configure basic information for the storage device.
   1. In Device Name, type a name for the storage device.
      • The name contains 1 to 127 characters.
      • The name can contain only letters, digits, periods (.), underscores (_), and hyphens (-).
   2. In Device Location, type a geographical location for the device.

      The location contains 1 to 511 characters.

   3. (Optional) Change the password of the login user.
      1. Click Modify.
      2. In Old Password, type the current password for logging in to the device.
      3. Type a new password in New Password and Confirm Password.

      The password must meet the following complexity requirements:

      • Contains 8 to 16 characters.

      • Contains special characters, including !"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\]^`{_|}~ and spaces.
      • Contains any two types of uppercase letters, lowercase letters, and digits.
      • Cannot contain more than three same consecutive characters.
      • Cannot be the same as the user name or reverse user name.

      You can modify the password policy in Configuring Security Policy.

4. Click Next and configure the device time on the Device Time page.

   Use one of the following methods to configure the time:

   • Select Synchronize client time to synchronize the device time with the existing client.
   • Select Set NTP automatic synchronization to synchronize the device time with the network time protocol (NTP) server.
   • NTP is an application-layer protocol that is used to synchronize time between a distributed time server and a client. Its implementation is based on Internet Protocol (IP) and User Datagram Protocol (UDP).
   • For detailed operations of configuring automatic synchronization of the NTP server time, see section (Optional) Configuring the NTP Service.
   • Select Manual to modify the time and time zone of the storage device.
     1. Click Modify.

        The Modify Time dialog box is displayed.

     2. Modify Date, Time, and Current Time Zone as required, and click OK.

        A security alert is displayed.

     3. Select I have read and understand the consequences associated with performing this operation, and click OK.

        The Success dialog box is displayed, indicating that the operation succeeded.

   Select Do not adjust the current time on the device if you do not want to modify the device time.

5. Click Next. On the Configure Disk Domain page, configure the disk domain.

   You can configure available disks in the disk domain in either of the following ways:

   • If you select Yes. The system will automatically configure the disk domain, the system automatically completes disk domain configuration.

   You can view the number of disks at each layer in the disk domain.

   • If you select No. I want to manually configure the disk domain, you need to manually configure the disk domain.

6. Click Next to configure alarm notification on the Alarm Notification page.

   For details about Alarm Notification settings, see Configuring Alarm and Event Handling Policies.

7. Click Finish.

   A dialog box is displayed, indicating that the initial configuration is completed.

8. Click OK.